Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1999

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.97 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (212 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 429,090 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
429,090
Births per 1,000 people
18.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
23,497,598
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%0
15-191.20.3%1,084
20-2452.813.2%45,393
25-29212.453.1%240,691
30-34111.627.9%123,017
35-3918.34.6%15,960
40-443.70.9%2,841
45-490.10.0%66
50-540.10.0%36